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(NC-02) Americans for a Conservative Direction: Putting Lipstick on a Pig

Posted on March 25, 2014March 25, 2014 by Brant Clifton

People are talking about all of those ads promoting Renee Ellmers hitting the airwaves in the Second District from something called Americans for a Conservative Direction.  I don’t believe I’ve

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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#NCSEN: National Review peddles Rove’s nonsense

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Brant Clifton

National Review — formerly the Bible for upstart conservatives — is lecturing us here in North Carolina for daring to have an intraparty debate and interfering with the establishment’s plans

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campaign 2014, Congress, Greg Brannon, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCSEN: Far-left national media outlets influencing NC media’s political coverage

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

For someone who is allegedly so extreme and unelectable, the US Senate campaign of Cary physician Greg Brannon sure is drawing an inordinate amount of attention from the leftists and

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campaign 2014, Congress, Greg Brannon, Media, NCGOP, Politics
9 comments

Sick of ObamaCare? Wait ’til you get a load of ICD-10.

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I was talking with a friend who works in the health care industry this weekend. I asked him about ObamaCare and how it was affecting his business.  He bemoaned that

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Politics
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Chipping away at our rights in the name of efficiency and national security

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve got some pretty big races for US House and US Senate on the November ballot here in North Carolina.  One very significant item on the November  ballot is not

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campaign 2014, Congress, Law & Order, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, Politics
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(#NCSEN) UM v. UMUC: Why it DOES matter.

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The spin surrounding Thom Tillis’ résumé is reaching near-supersonic speeds.  News broke this week that the state House speaker and US Senate candidate had, um, embellished the portion of his

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NC legislature, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCSEN Rhodes files requests for multiple probes of Tillis activities

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Former North Carolina state legislator John Rhodes is putting his money where his mouth is.  On Friday, he held a press conference expressing concerns about alleged activities of state House

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NC legislature, Politics, Thom Tillis
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#NCSEN #NCGA: A North Carolina conservative maverick rides again

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I first heard about John Rhodes in 2003 while he was serving in the North Carolina House.  He was raising questions about the ethics of Democrat House speaker Jim Black

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Moore County, NC legislature, Politics, Thom Tillis
8 comments

#NCSEN: Did Thom Tillis shoot up this man’s building? (Enquiring Minds Want to Know!)

Posted on March 22, 2014March 22, 2014 by Brant Clifton

Cornelius resident Kenneth Cooke wants someone to pay for cleaning up the 2005 vandalism to one of his farm buildings.  His number one suspect? Then-Cornelius Town Councilman Thom Tillis.  

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, NCGOP, Politics, Thom Tillis
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NC-02: Name-calling, no seating & tardiness. (Oh, my.) An amnesty showdown at Renee’s office

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I wish Renee Ellmers had shown as much devotion to fighting ObamaCare and cutting the size of government as she has to promoting amnesty for illegal aliens.  Every survey I’ve

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campaign 2014, Congress, Law & Order, Media, Moore County, NCGOP, Politics, Renee Ellmers
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